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Definition of Lord of misrule
1. Noun. A person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration.
Definition of Lord of misrule
1. Noun. (context: in feudal Britain) A mock officer, appointed by lot, to preside over the Feast of Fools in a great household at Christmas. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lord Of Misrule
Literary usage of Lord of misrule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1893)
"I find this event, which seems to record the last desperate effort of a " Lord
of Misrule," in a manuscript letter of the learned Mede to Sir Martin ..."
2. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"First, in the feast of Christmas, there was in the king's house, wheresoever he
was lodged, a lord of misrule, or master of merry disports *, and the like ..."
3. Collected Poems by Alfred Noyes (1920)
"COLLECTED POEMS THE lord of misrule AND OTHER POEMS THE lord of misrule " On May
days the wild heads of the parish would choose a Lord of Misrule, ..."
4. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1895)
"[In former editions of ihii work a passage from the Tarn in:: of tln> Shrew has
been inserted here, as if it had reference to the Lord of Misrule; ..."
5. The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant-taylor of London, from A.D by Henry Machyn, John Gough Nichols (1848)
"The procession of the lord of misrule, or " lord of merry disports " (as he was
also called), into London, which occurs subsequently in this page, ..."
6. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1817)
"The former may serve as an addition to the account of the Lord of Misrule, given
by our late worthy Secretary, Mr. Brand ; the latter I do not remember to ..."
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